Jovon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YO-van
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Jovon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Jovon mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jovan; Serbian and Macedonian form of John
“God is gracious”
Meaning borrowed from Jovan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jovon a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jovon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jovon, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Jovon in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Jovon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
- Jovan 93
- Jovon 15
Girls were 23% of the babies named Jovon in the US in 1976, and 7% in 1999.
Jovon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 80 | #1,500 |
| 1999 | 64 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 70 | #1,533 |
| 1997 | 68 | #1,516 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,299 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,261 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,183 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,276 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,273 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,223 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,246 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,101 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,124 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,166 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,241 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Jovon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordan, Jacob, Josue, Jackson, Jonah, Jason, Aaron, Johan, Joshua, Samson, Jared, Ethan
Other spellings of Jovon
Names related to Jovon
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jovon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovon, updated 20 October 2026.